Ronald and Grace: Family Life!

Life was good for Ronald and Grace McDonald’s family during the first 10 years they spent in International Falls.

1910 U.S. Federal Census

The 1910 U.S. Federal Census for International Falls, Koochiching Co., Minnesota shows Keith’s complete family. It lists his parents Ronald age 46 and Grace age 28, married 12 years. This places their marriage in 1898. Grace had 7 children of which 6 are living. It lists all his siblings: Vivian age 8, Gordon age 6, Miriam spelled Marian age 4, Edna age 3, Laura age 2 and last Keith who is just a baby at 1/12 years old. All are born in Minnesota except Ronald who was born in Canada.

McDonald Children circa late 1910

This photo was probably taken in late 1910 or early 1911. There isn’t any snow on the ground but the McDonald children are dressed in fancy outfits and in heavy coats. The children are left to right: Jean (Laurie Jean) , Eddie, Miriam, Gordon and Vivian. Keith is the one on the ground in front of Gordon.

Keith, Jean, Eddie

Another photo of Keith shows him on the left. His sister Jean seems to be holding him carefully while he is intently looking at the camera. Jean is so cute in this photo. Eddie is on the right in a fancy dress with a hat and coat. It is hard to see her face. I love how her hands are clasped. I wonder if this was regular clothing or dress up that Eddie is wearing? The hat is very fancy. This photo was probably taken in 1911.

These photos are those postcard photos that were popular back then. You can flip them over an address them and write notes on them. Unfortunately nothing was written on the backs of these two photos.

I think the handwriting of their names was done by their mother Grace.

Things to Ponder!

1/30/2015 is my Blog's Anniversary. Wordpress sent me a nice Happy Anniversary message but Geneabloggers has forgotten. It was 5 years ago I started this blog about my Dad's (Keith), family. I have more to go and will be getting to his military service in the next months and then the name of the blog will make sense.

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